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Year 10 Religious Education

Task 3 – Explanation - Essay
Task Weighting 15%
Task

Write an essay:

• outlining one (1) period in the Church’s history and

• explaining the significance of that period for the Catholic Church.

Assessment Task 3
Learning Area Religious Education
Unit 10.3b The Holy Spirit’s action through Conscience and the Church
Content Description 10.3b.2 The Growth of the Church
10.3b.3 The Renewal of the Church through the Holy Spirit

Purpose To assess understandings about the historical events in the Church’s

history that have led to growth and renewal
Task Outline one (1) period in the Church’s history and explain its significance
for the Catholic Church.

Special conditions for this assessment

• Using the learning in Week 6 and 7, students will prepare to write an in-class essay on:
o The Church’s Spread Across the Roman Empire
• In total you will be given 6 lessons to complete this booklet and prepare for the essay.
• This in-class essay will be written in Week 8.
• Your learning will consist of course work and a guided inquiry done as a whole class.
• You will be allowed one period in Week 8 to write your in-class essay, and you will be
allowed to bring this completed booklet in with you to complete the essay. You will be
typing your essay using your device, so it is important you come to class with it charged and
ready.
• You need to complete the essay using a Word template document that will be emailed to
you and available to download from SEQTA.
• It is important you name this document correctly. It needs to be your initials plus the code
Y10NC23. So for example, if your name is Nano Nagle, then your code is:
o NNY10NC23

Your work needs to be named in this way so it can be marked without knowing your identity. Some
of these assessment samples will be used to help teachers grade RE learning in the future.
Marking Key
Description Marks
Outlines: One Period in the Church’s History
Provides a comprehensive outline that accurately includes: 5
• the historical period
• geographic location
• key people
• key event(s)
• key issues and challenges
• possible growth and expansion
Provides a comprehensive outline with some errors 4
Provides an outline of one period in the Church’s history 3
Identifies some details about one period in the Church’s history 2
Identifies an aspect of about one period in the Church’s history 1
Subtotal 5
Explanation: Significance for the Church
Explains how the period in history is significant for Catholics. Refers to the Church’s 5
beliefs and structure. For example:
• the Church believes people can draw on the strength of the Holy Spirit
• how the Church may or may not have acted as one body in Christ, Holy,
Catholic, and Apostolic
• implications for the Church today
Describes how the Church during one period in history may or may not have acted 4
according to its beliefs and structure
Attempts to justify how the Church may or may not have acted according to its belief 3
in the Holy Spirit
With reference to Scripture or Tradition, identifies how the period in history was or is 2
significant for the Church
Uses simple words or phrases to identify how the period in history is significant for 1
the Church either at the time or today
Subtotal 5
Essay Structure
Constructs a sustained, logical, and sophisticated discussion. For example, provides: 4
• an introduction that clearly articulates the purpose of the essay
• well-structured and well sequenced paragraphs
• a succinct conclusion
Constructs a coherent discussion 3
Presents content and ideas using some relevant structures 2
Content and ideas lack cohesion 1
Subtotal 4
Total 14